Improvement in medical compositions



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THALBERG BIEDENFELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL COMPOSITIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,249, dated August3, 1875; application filed May 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THALBERG BIEDEN- FELD, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulMedicinal Compound, which is fully described in the followingspecification:

This invention relates to that class of compounds used for medicalpurposes which are composed mainly or Wholly of the desiccated flowers,root-s, leaves, or seeds of plants possessing medicinal virtues, thesaid elements being mechanically mixed together; and it consists in acompound of the following-named ingredients, the proper proportion ofeach elernent for every pound of the compound being given, viz:

-Folia sennse, seven ounces; herba taceee, pentandria monoginia,(pansi,) one-half ounce;

I herba melissee,one-fourth ounce; radixalthma,

one ounce; flores lavandulze, one ounce; flores rhoeados,one-eighthounce; flores millefolinm, achillea nobilis, (yarroW-flowers,)one half ounce; herba rubus fructicosus, (blackberryleaves,) one-eighthounce; herba verbasci, onefourth ounce; semen anisi, one ounce; semenfoeniculi, onehalf ounce; semen coriandri, one ounce; radix liquiritize,three-fourths ounce; flores malvee vulgaris, one-fourth ounce; floressambuci, one-fourth ounce; semen carui, onehalf ounce; cream of tartar,one ounce.

These elements, with one exception, are all vegetable, and I prefer touse for the preparation of my compound the fresh desiccated1eaves,fl0wers,&c., knownin the trade. They may be first bruised orcoarsely'powdered,

and then intimately mixed together mechanically. If not intended forimmediate use it should be kept in closed packages, in which state, ifkept dry, it may be preserved for a long time without deterioration.

The compound is intended to be used as a tea, and the infusion may bemade with boiling Water in the usual manner. The amount taken depends,of course, very much on the infusion and the idiosyncrasies of thepatient.

Its therapeutic effect results mainly from its action on the blood, butits carminative effect is also marked. When small doses of an infusionmade from my compound are given, it acts as an expectorant. Larger dosesact as a purgative.

Having thus described my invention, I claim--' A compound for medicalpurposes, composed of folia sennae, herba tacece, pentandria monoginia,(pansi,) herba melissce, radix. altheea, flores lavandulze, floresrhoeados, flores millefolii, achillea nobilis, (yarrow-flowers,) herbarubus fructicosus, (blackberry-leaves,) herba verbasoi, semen anisi,semen foeniculi, semen coriandri, radix liquiritize, flores malvaevulgaris, flores sambuci, semen carui, and cream of tartar, in about theproportions specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THALBERG BIEDENFELD. Witnesses:

ALWIN NETTELHORST, CHARLES JANSEN.

